Battle of Colenso 15th December 1899 – Gun Sites
709 | 15th December 1899 In the early stages of the Battle of Colenso, Co.l Long advanced his gun battery … Read More
Mpande’s Grave – Nodwengu Museum
109 | King Mpande ruled Zululand from 1840 to 1872 and managed to live in harmony with both the Voortrekkers … Read More
Sooilaager
209 | 19th June to 1838 Maritz built a defensive laager using sods to build a wall underneath the wagons. … Read More
Khambula Battlefield
410 | 29 March 1879 On the29 March 1879 some 22 000 Zulu warriors attacked the fortified British position at … Read More
Ambleside Military Cemetery
710 | Burial site of soldiers of the 5th Irish Brigade, killed in Battle of Colenso. The Irish Brigade had … Read More
Skiets Drift
210 | This drift was used by many Voortrekker parties including those of Maritz and Uys when they first entered … Read More
Gingindlovu Battlefield
411 | 2 April 1879 In the early morning the Zulu Army attacked Lt Gen. Lord Chelmsford’s relief column en … Read More
Battle of iNthabamnyama
711 | 20 – 22 January 1900 In an attempt to turn the Boer right flank Lieut. Gen Sir Charles … Read More
Prince Imperial Memorial
412 | 1 June 1879 Louis Napoleon, the Prince Imperial of France, then exiled in Britain, begged Queen Victoria to … Read More
Rangeworthy Military Cemetery
712 | Situated below iNtabamnyama Battlefield. Many of the men who lost their lives in the above and below actions … Read More
Wasbank Laager
212 | It is at this laager on the 7th Dec 1838 that Pretorius, Landman and Cilliers formulated the “The … Read More